Contents
Content Type: 1
Title: Book: Corpus Analysis for Descriptive and Pedagogical Purposes
Body:
Corpus Analysis for Descriptive and Pedagogical Purposes
Edited by Maurizio Gotti and Davide S. Davide S.
Published by Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
There is hardly any aspect of verbal communication that has not been investigated using the analytical tools developed by corpus linguists. This is especially true in the case of English, which commands a vast international research community, and corpora are becoming increasingly specialized, as they account for areas of language use shaped by specific sociolectal (register, genre, variety) and speaker (gender, profession, status) variables.
Corpus analysis is driven by a common interest in ‘linguistic evidence’, viewed as a source of insights into language phenomena or of lexical, semantic and contrastive data for subsequent applications. Among the latter, pedagogical settings are highly prominent, as corpora can be used to monitor classroom output, raise learner awareness and inform teaching materials.
The eighteen chapters in this volume focus on contexts where English is employed by specialists in the professions or academia and debate some of the challenges arising from the complex relationship between linguistic theory, data-mining tools and statistical methods.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=80827&concordeid=431516
Source: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Inputdate: 2014-03-22 16:11:11
Lastmodifieddate: 2014-03-24 03:13:25
Expdate:
Publishdate: 2014-03-24 02:15:01
Displaydate: 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Active: 1
Emailed: 1
Isarchived: 0
Content Type: 1
Title: Call for Proposals: GLoCALL
Body:
From http://glocall.org
GLoCALL 2014 Conference
October 9-11
Ahmedabad, India
The Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (GLoCALL) Conference aims to share knowledge, research and experience on how to use computer technology to make language learning more effective and pleasant; to explore how the technology can be adapted to better meet the local needs of students and teachers, while at the same time providing global perspectives on computer-assisted language learning (CALL); and to bring the technology within the reach of local teachers who wish to develop their professionalism in CALL.
GLoCALL 2014 invites proposals for presentations that are related to computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and/or technology-enhanced language learning (TELL). Proposals should be submitted by 30 April 2014.
View the full call for proposals at http://glocall.org/course/view.php?id=81&topic=0#section-1
Source: GLoCALL
Inputdate: 2014-03-22 16:12:13
Lastmodifieddate: 2014-03-24 03:13:25
Expdate: 2014-04-30 00:00:00
Publishdate: 2014-03-24 02:15:01
Displaydate: 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Active: 1
Emailed: 1
Isarchived: 0
Content Type: 1
Title: Call for Papers: Midwest Association of Language Testers Conference 2014
Body:
From http://www.cambridgemichigan.org/mwalt
The sixteenth annual Midwest Association of Language Testers conference will be held Friday, October 3, and Saturday, October 4, 2014, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. he conference theme this year is Under Construction: Building Arguments, Assessments, and Expertise.
Abstracts related to the theme are invited in three categories:
Paper Presentations
Presenters will be given 20 minutes to share a completed piece of research, and 10 minutes will be allotted for audience questions.
Works in Progress
Presenters will have 10 minutes to share their progress in ongoing research, present preliminary data, or describe projects still in the planning stage. These presentations will be organized in a workshop format, with time reserved for open discussion among presenters and the audience at the end of each hour-long block of presentations.
Poster Presentations
Posters may present either completed or in-progress work in a visual format.
Abstract submission will be available from Friday, March 14, through Monday, May 19.
View the full call for papers at http://www.cambridgemichigan.org/mwalt/call
Source: MwALT
Inputdate: 2014-03-22 16:13:33
Lastmodifieddate: 2014-03-24 03:13:25
Expdate: 2014-05-19 00:00:00
Publishdate: 2014-03-24 02:15:01
Displaydate: 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Active: 1
Emailed: 1
Isarchived: 0
Content Type: 1
Title: Northeast Modern Language Association Convention
Body:
From http://nemla.org/convention/2014/index.html
NeMLA 2014 Convention
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; April 3-6, 2014
Set in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Northeast Modern Language Association’s 45th annual convention continues the association’s tradition of generative scholarship. The 2014 event will include guest speakers, literary readings, professional events, and workshops; and will have a special emphasis on drama and creative writing. A reading by George Saunders will open the Convention.
Visit the convention website to learn more and to register: http://nemla.org/convention/2014/index.html
Source: NeMLA
Inputdate: 2014-03-22 16:17:28
Lastmodifieddate: 2014-03-24 03:13:25
Expdate: 2014-04-06 00:00:00
Publishdate: 2014-03-24 02:15:01
Displaydate: 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Active: 1
Emailed: 1
Isarchived: 0
Content Type: 1
Title: 13th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Body:
From http://menas.arizona.edu/mena-conference
The Middle East and North Africa Graduate Student Organization (MENA), the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), and the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENAS) at the University of Arizona cordially invite you to participate in the 13th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern and North African Studies to be held from Wednesday, April 3, 2013 to Friday, April 5, 2013 in Tucson, Arizona.
This conference aims to strengthen ties between academic disciplines, provide a platform for graduate students to present their research projects, exchange ideas, and create a network of emerging scholars spanning a variety of fields. For this reason, we encourage abstract submissions not only from students within Middle Eastern Studies programs, but also from disciplines such as Anthropology, Economics, Education, Gender & Women’s Studies, Geography, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Music Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Public Health, Religious Studies, etc.
Visit the conference website at http://menas.arizona.edu/mena-conference
Source: University of Arizona
Inputdate: 2014-03-22 16:18:24
Lastmodifieddate: 2014-03-24 03:13:25
Expdate: 2014-04-05 00:00:00
Publishdate: 2014-03-24 02:15:01
Displaydate: 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Active: 1
Emailed: 1
Isarchived: 0
Content Type: 1
Title: 12th Annual Africana Studies Symposium at UNC Charlotte
Body:
The 12th Annual Africana Studies Symposium at UNC Charlotte
MORAL ECONOMIES
April 2-3, 2014
Keynote Speaker: Gene R. Nichol
Boyd Tinsley Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity, UNC Chapel Hill
For more information go to http://africana.uncc.edu
Source: University of North Carolina Charlotte
Inputdate: 2014-03-22 16:19:11
Lastmodifieddate: 2014-03-24 03:13:25
Expdate: 2014-04-03 00:00:00
Publishdate: 2014-03-24 02:15:01
Displaydate: 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Active: 1
Emailed: 1
Isarchived: 0
Content Type: 1
Title: Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference
Body:
From http://www.asian-studies.org/conference
The 2014 AAS Annual Conference: Philadelphia
March 27-30, 2014
Each spring, the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) holds a four-day conference devoted to planned programs of scholarly papers, roundtable discussions, workshops, and panel sessions on a wide range of issues in research and teaching, and on Asian affairs in general.
Visit the conference website to learn more and to register at http://www.asian-studies.org/conference
Source: AAS
Inputdate: 2014-03-22 16:19:57
Lastmodifieddate: 2014-03-24 03:13:25
Expdate: 2014-03-30 00:00:00
Publishdate: 2014-03-24 02:15:01
Displaydate: 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Active: 1
Emailed: 1
Isarchived: 0
Content Type: 1
Title: Online Course: Shaping the Way We Teach English
Body:
InterCom subscribers may be interested in an upcoming MOOC entitled Shaping the Way We Teach English, which is being offered for free by the US Dept. of State and the University of Oregon beginning April 7.
The MOOC is divided up into two 5-week sessions (which can be taken together or separately), and will explore key aspects of communicative language teaching, learning, and assessment.
Listed below are the topics for the first part of the course. See the Coursera.Org website (https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping1landscape) for more information.
Topics for The Landscape of English Language Teaching include:
Week 1: Authentic materials and realia that really motivate learners; project overview, introductions; initial course survey
Week 2: Using pair and group work for collaborative learning to make your class more communicative; Phase 1 lesson plan is due
Week 3: Critical and creative thinking to drive learning; Phase 1 peer and self-evaluations are due
Week 4: Learner feedback and assessment; using formative feedback to evaluate student progress; Phase 2 lesson plan is due
Week 5: Language in context; using content to structure language learning; Phase 2 peer and self-assessments are due; course evaluation
Source: University of Oregon
Inputdate: 2014-03-22 16:22:29
Lastmodifieddate: 2014-03-24 03:13:25
Expdate:
Publishdate: 2014-03-24 02:15:01
Displaydate: 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Active: 1
Emailed: 1
Isarchived: 0
Content Type: 1
Title: Professional Development Opportunities from the Center for Applied Linguistics
Body:
From http://www.cal.org/about/calnews/031914.html
CAL is continuing to expand its successful series of professional development institutes focusing on key issues for English learner educators. CAL Institutes provide research-based strategies and practical, hands-on tools, and help teachers develop classroom activities that target the academic language demands of college and career readiness standards, including the Common Core State Standards. Join CAL this summer in DC.
May 20-21, 2014
Spanish Literacy Institute
June 25-27, 2014
Teaching Reading to Students Learning English - Training of Trainers Institute
July 14-17, 2014
SIOP Training of Trainers: Foundations Institute
July 14-17, 2014
SIOP Training of Trainers: Advanced Institute
July 18, 2014
Research-Based Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners
July 22-24, 2014
Teaching Reading to Students Learning English - Direct Strategies Institute
August 4-5, 2014
Hot Topics in ELL Education: Developing Academic Literacy and Language in the Content Areas
August 6-8, 2014
Hot Topics in ELL Education: Oral Language, Math and Science
Visit CAL’s website at http://www.cal.org/solutions/institutes/index.html to learn more and register.
Source: CAL
Inputdate: 2014-03-22 16:23:13
Lastmodifieddate: 2014-03-24 03:13:25
Expdate: 2014-08-08 00:00:00
Publishdate: 2014-03-24 02:15:01
Displaydate: 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Active: 1
Emailed: 1
Isarchived: 0
Content Type: 1
Title: Webinar: How Do We Assess Task-based Performance?
Body:
From http://larc.sdsu.edu/events/webinars/webinar-norris
The Language Acquisition Resource Center, one of our sister LRC’s, will be holding a webinar entitled How do we assess task-based performance? The webinar, taught by John Norris, will take place on April 3 and ties in nicely with our March InterCom focus on task-based learning and teaching.
Here is an abstract for the webinar:
Tasks have captured the attention of testers and educators for some time (e.g., Cureton, 1951, Wiggins, 1994), because they present goal-oriented, contextualized challenges that prompt examinees to deploy cognitive skills and domain-related knowledge in authentic performance rather than merely displaying what they know in selected-response and other discrete forms of tests (Kane, 2001; Wiggins, 1998). For language testing, in particular, interest in task-based performance assessment reflects the need to incorporate language use into assessments, such that interpretations about learners’ abilities to communicate are warranted (Brindley, 1994; Norris et al., 1998). Over the past several decades, tasks have come to play a crucial role in language assessments on a variety of levels, from classroom-based tests to large-scale language proficiency exams to research on second language acquisition. In this webinar, I will provide an overview of the incorporation of tasks into contemporary language assessment practice across diverse contexts, with a particular emphasis on examples of tasks used for distinct (formative and summative) assessment purposes in language classrooms and programs. Participants will encounter the basic steps in developing task-based assessments, including needs analysis, task selection, performance elicitation, rubric creation, scoring, and score reporting/feedback. We will also address the benefits of task-based assessment for language learners, teachers, and programs, and we will consider the potential that emerging technologies hold for enabling authentic assessments of language use. Finally, we will consider both research-based and educator-relevant insights into some of the challenges in doing task-based language assessment, and I will suggest a variety of solutions.
For more details and to sign up, go to http://larc.sdsu.edu/events/webinars/webinar-norris
Source: LARC
Inputdate: 2014-03-22 16:23:54
Lastmodifieddate: 2014-03-24 03:13:25
Expdate: 2014-04-03 00:00:00
Publishdate: 2014-03-24 02:15:01
Displaydate: 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Active: 1
Emailed: 1
Isarchived: 0
